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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a 5-week Career Explorers Program (CEP) on high school students' perceptions of pharmacists' characteristics, duties, and training. METHODS: A 16-item survey instrument with attitudinal, frequency, and relative quantity response options was completed by all CEP students on the first and last day of the program. The survey assessed students' attitudes concerning pharmacist characteristics, duties, and training. RESULTS: All students who participated in the CEP in 2003 completed the survey instrument (n = 50). Seventy percent of respondents' answers to the attitudinal subscale questions significantly changed from preassessment to postassessment. CONCLUSION: A 5-week CEP provided high school students with more realistic perceptions of pharmacists' roles, duties, and training before the students entered the pharmacy program.
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Selección de Profesión , Percepción , Farmacia , Programas Informáticos , Estudiantes , Orientación Vocacional/métodos , Actitud , Concienciación , Humanos , Perfil Laboral , Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas , Estudios Retrospectivos , Estudiantes/psicología , Encuestas y CuestionariosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate knowledge and attitudinal outcomes of an educational asthma program for third-grade children with and without asthma. METHODOLOGY: "The Lion Who Couldn't Roar" was presented to third-grade classes in three Chicago area Counties. Participant asthma knowledge and attitudes were assessed via a print-based pretest-posttest design. Teacher satisfaction was also assessed. Data were analyzed using Rasch analysis before paired t tests were performed. RESULTS: Pre- and post-assessments were completed by 943 participants. A statistically significant increase in mean logit scores was identified on both knowledge and attitude evaluations (p < 0.001, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The results provide evidence of program impact.